When one size doesn’t fit all, create your own path.
Not knowing what you want to major in when you arrive at college is perfectly normal. At Champlain, you can dive right in and experience up to three different areas of study in your first year. Together with close faculty mentorship, you’ll have the ability to explore multiple professional pathways and determine what the best version of “Future You” looks like.
Individualized Study & Undeclared
No major, no problem. Explore a variety of majors your first year. And if you don’t find the perfect program, create one! With the help of professionals dedicated to helping you uncover your passions and connect your interests, you’ll find the career path that makes sense for YOU.
Explore the Possibilities in this PathwayI am somebody that loves many different things and wants to learn about so many different areas. When I found out about DDL, it was the perfect option for me. A career that involves interdisciplinary work is so important. Being able to prove that you know how to combine different areas of study and be able to create work that showcases that is really important.
Career Options
As a creative professional who thinks outside the box, you’ll stand out as a strategic thinker, insightful planner and tech-savvy problem solver.
- Publicist
- UX/UI Designer
- Rehabilitation Specialist
- Technical Writer
- Entrepreneur
- Product Design
- Web Developer
- Photographer/Videographer
- Grant Writer
- Sustainability Coordinator
Career Outcomes
The best way to uncover what you love is to try things out. Our Upside-Down Curriculum gets you in career-focused classes early so you can test drive a variety of fields.
From there, you’ll start narrowing down the possibilities until you find the right fit.
Check Out Our Career Success StatisticsWhere Our Alumni Work
The DDL offers a space where more than one discipline can live and interact together, and when that happens, amazing work results. My two fields of study are cybersecurity and social justice, which have more in common than some people might think.
Where Will Your Interests Lead You?
Majors
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Use math to tell stories, crack real-world issues, explore diverse applications, and gain problem-solving skills for future success in many industries.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
The way we think about the environment can’t be separated from the way we think about people, and vice versa. Learn the skills to cultivate a career in a growing field.
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- Data Science for Sustainability Concentration
- Dialogue & Consensus Building for Sustainability Solutions Concentration
- Education for Sustainability Concentration
- Environmental Communication Concentration
- Environmental Policy Concentration
- Environmental Studies Concentration
- Reinventing Business Through Sustainability Concentration
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Major – Bachelor of Science
So you mean business? Good, so do we. Start gaining real business experience at great Vermont entrepreneurial companies like Burton Snowboards as early as your first year.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
For our digital future to be secure, information must be safe. Earn real-world experience in computer networking and cybersecurity at Champlain College, and prepare yourself for a vital role protecting society from cyber threats.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Help create the digital future. Free your creativity, do real work right away, and fuel your passion for technology and innovation.
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Major – Bachelor of Fine Arts
Develop your self-expression in our Creative Media major, and learn the business side of interdisciplinary production, digital creation, and entrepreneurship.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Make communities safer. Build a better and more just system. Be an agent of organizational change.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Release your digital investigation skills. Adopt the investigator’s mindset, solve mysteries, and master artifact discovery with Digital Forensics at Champlain College.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Be a digital pioneer. Bring the fullness of your human self to the study of emerging technology, including Artificial Intelligence, and make sure the digital future is humane as well as human.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Teaching is the ultimate way to shape the future. At Champlain College, you’ll be in classrooms during your first year, building deep expertise that leads to licensure.
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- Computer Science Education Concentration
- Early Childhood Education Concentration
- Elementary Teacher Education Concentration
- Middle Grades & Secondary Education Concentration
- Middle Grades English Language Arts Concentration
- Middle Grades Mathematics Concentration
- Middle Grades Social Studies Concentration
- Secondary Level English Concentration
- Secondary Level Mathematics Concentration
- Secondary Level Social Studies Concentration
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Major – Bachelor of Fine Arts
Master the production of motion pictures and understand the global business of filmmaking. Use the latest tools, work on real projects, and turn your vision into reality through observation, imagination, storytelling and technical skill.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Gaming is global, and its future requires business leaders who understand the industry. Champlain College is a hub for gaming – study Game Business & Publishing and learn alongside your future peers.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Learn sound design from industry experts at Champlain, working with the same technology the pros use. Apply your skills and become a key part of a game development team, crafting successful games from start to finish.
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Major – Bachelor of Fine Arts
Be a design thinker. Harness your creativity through print and digital graphics. Start building your portfolio right away.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Design your own major through Champlain’s Degree Design Lab. You’ll combine courses and real-world learning experiences to personalize your own education.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Study human motivations and the latest neuroscience in a career-focused Psychology major that prepares you for this dynamic field.
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Major – Bachelor of Social Work
Uplift families, empower individuals, and heal communities with Champlain’s Social Work major.
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Major – Undeclared
Apply Undeclared in Communications & Creative Media to find your voice, artistic talent, and creative passion—and turn them into a career path unique to you.
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Major – Undeclared
At Champlain, we’re building the world we want to live in using human-centered technology. Apply Undeclared to ITS to discover how you can shape the future with us.
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Major – Undeclared
The School of Social Innovation is all about positive impact. Apply Undecided to explore how your career can improve livelihoods and build better futures.
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Major – Undeclared
One of the most innovative and versatile fields, choosing Undeclared in Business at Champlain College is the first step to countless career opportunities in Burlington and beyond.
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Major – Bachelor of Science
Talent is an amazing ingredient, but it’s not the whole recipe. Working writers need a solid foundation in the mechanics of writing, a storyteller’s gift for narrative, a poet’s eye for detail, and drive to keep adapting and improving improving in a fast-changing industry. Champlain College can give you all that and more.
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- Editing / Publishing Concentration
More Inside Career Pathways
Business & Data Analytics
Drive change at the intersection of information and impact with one of these majors.
Creative Arts & Communication
With many majors to choose from, you decide how to bring your ideas to life and communicate them to the world.
Cybersecurity, Computer Science & Digital Technology
Solve everyday problems to build a better future with one of these tech-centered majors.
Education, Humanities & the Sciences
The born educator, the team player, the change maker, the advocate. Which of these human-centered majors fits you career goals?
Game Design & Development
Turn concepts into digital reality. Explore our seven gaming majors to determine which path matches your interests.
Individualized Studies & Undeclared
Learn what you love, and love what you learn with one of these professional pathways.
Law & Society
Want to uphold a system of justice through meaningful public service? Check out these majors that revolve around "doing good."